Conferences

Keep informed on the latest trends in procurement and developments from ICG Commerce through our conference calendar.

Finance and Procurement Globalization: ONE World, ONE Company, ONE Infrastructure Conference

Presented by The Hackett Group and FAO Today

November 14-16
Atlanta, GA

The ONE: Finance and Procurement Globalization Conference will present the key issues of globalization with an exciting array of speakers on the planning, implementation and operational challenges of moving to low-cost labor markets.

Practitioner and industry expert presentations, an exciting keynote and peer-to-peer roundtable discussions will cover topics such as:

• What are world-class organizations doing - how big is the opportunity?
• How sustainable are results in a chaotic market?
• Finding the right blend between onshore and offshore shared services.
• What governance and organizational models work?
• Adapting management styles and processes for a global workforce.
• Moving beyond transaction processing.

For more information visit the conference page.

Supply Management Symposium

Presented by National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM) – New York

November 14
New York, NY

The 15th Annual NAPM – NY Supply Management Symposium will bring together procurement and sourcing experts to share insights on supply management, strategic sourcing strategies and the growing adoption of procurement outsourcing as a strategy to create greater efficiencies, increase visibility to spend and drive significant cost reductions.

Bob Kothari, Senior Vice President, Outsourcing, ICG Commerce will present "Maximize the Value of Your Spend: Increase Control, Spend Under Management and Savings Through Procurement Outsourcing" on Wednesday, November 14th at 2:00 pm. The presentation will focus on the successful integration of outsourced procurement solutions to help companies increase control and gain access to additional commodity and supply market expertise and ongoing transactional support.

For more information, visit the NAPM- NY page.

Creating the Future – Succeeding in 2010

Presented by Sourcing Interests Group (SIG)

October 9-12
Weston, FL

The Sourcing Interests Group's 32nd semi-annual conference, Creating the Future – Succeeding in 2010, will feature a wide variety of innovative and thought provoking sessions, with an overriding theme of being at the head of the pack in 2010.

Myron Gramelspacher, Vice President, Global Logistics &: Indirects, Greif, Inc. and Keith Hausmann, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing, ICG Commerce will present "Knowledge Is Power: Applying Market Intelligence to Indirect Goods and Services" on Wednesday, October 10th at 4:10 pm. The presentation will describe how market intelligence assists companies to achieve greater insight and control over their indirect categories and will highlight how Greif is tapping into continuously refreshed sources of market intelligence (market indices, supplier databases and capabilities and market price benchmarks) to accelerate and improve sourcing events.

For more information, visit SIG's conference page.